Talaren Bahlmis Born: 3472 Talaren Bahlmis was born in exile on the planet Caelocanth. A year before his birth his father (a younger son of Vladimir, Lord Bahlmis) had been accused of treason and sent into lifelong exile, together with his young wife. They invested their assets in Caelocanth, a primitive world belonging to the Do No Harm Charter Planets - a group of planets within the Empire that rely totally on the natural planetary environment. Talaren grew up here until he was fifteen - when his parents were killed in an accident. At this point he first (briefly) visited Aquila, disliking most of the Bahlmises he met, but beginning a long friendship with his aunt Rosalor. Subsequently he returned to Caelocanth, studied there and offworld, eventually gaining a doctorate in extraterrestrial planetary economics, and becoming a leading authority on the development of natural worlds. He has served several terms as Chairman of the Federation of Charter Worlds. This called for his attendance at various Galactic Conferences, and academic symposia throughout the galaxy (although, in the last twenty-five years, he has cut back on this). When the Bahlmis coup was defeated and Rosalor succeeded as Lady Bahlmis, Talaren was one of the nephews she summoned home. Once sure that the House was clear of fines and debts, he was able to invest some of his own money to help restore the fortunes of the House. This money comes in part from his academic writings, but more largely from a successful series of semi-autobiographical novels about a young boy growing up on a charter world, written under the name of Tal Pantera. |
